P'Gell - We agree - things are definitely better for us.

I'm well over 50 and my wife is in her mid 40's. She was prescribed a progesterone cream that has completely eliminated PMS and ultra-sensitive breasts that were getting in the way - the diagnosis was estrogen dominance.

Have your man give Cialis a try! Harder and definitely longer lasting is my experience - I never go without it any more!

Gunsmoke, I'd love him to. I was actually prescribed Viagra. I was having a difficult time having a Climax, after decades of no issue at all, when my peri-menopause became very intense, and the doctor thought the V would help me. It didn't help me a lot (but it was fun) but My Man took some, and WOW it was FUN.

However, he refuses to go to the doctor and get his own prescription and our insurance will NOT pay for mine. They would pay for his (with a co-pay, as they want their cut) but I was told that "it is not FDA approved for women" so I paid $67.00 for FOUR pills! The doc prescribed 30, so they are sitting at the pharmacy, until we can pay for them, but damn, almost $20.00 each? What little it did for me wasn't worth the money, but HE could get it for a lot less and I really think it would be fun and healthy if he did.

He hates to go to the doctor, and really should (he has high BP and thinks if he ignores it it will go away. I'm a nurse and this kind of thinking drives me CRAZY!) If I could convince him, I think we could BOTH use the meds and have a really great time.

I use a estrogen creme and a small amount of progesterone (which I have to be careful with, because Depo Provera, which I used years ago, for some plumbing problems is pure progesterone, in a 12 week injection, (and stronger than the low dose pills used in most peri-menopause treatments) and it killed my sex drive. I am SO sensitive to hormones!

From personal experience I have to agree with you on this!

I had moderate erection problems starting when I was 50. Just thought it went along with age. At 51 ED seemed to become a more frequent concern and the same year started having continual chest pains. Ended up with two stents inserted into coronary ateries to open up blockages of 98% and 92%.

One year later I finally got up the nerve to talk to doctor about the ED problems I was having and he just smiled and said "I wondered when you would bring that up!" Seems that ED and heart disease often go hand in hand along with all the drugs you end up taking. So my advice would be that if you are having ED problems, talk to your doctor as soon as possible to see what might be causing it.

As far as sex getting better after 50, I would have to ask what the defination of better is. Sex is much for "comfortable" now that we are getting older. We know each others bodies better, as well as our own. We know what works, what doesn't, we have more time with the children gone. We are more comfortable with toy use, and just seem to have more fun than we use to.

Sex was more exciting when we were younger, all the new sensations etc. But I would not trade that excitement for the pleasure we now recieve, the giving of pleasure to the one we love.

LOL I hope better

Unfortunately for me, I didn't bring up the ED issue with my doctor. He asked if I was having erection problems following my first stent placement. Guess I should have brought it up earlier